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单词 rowdy
释义 row·dy
I. \ˈrau̇dē, -di\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: perhaps irregular from row (VI)
1.
 a. : lacking in refinement : noisily turbulent : boisterous, rough
  < a shouting rowdy game — Marjory S. Douglas >
  < a rowdy little girl, who gave way upon the slightest provocation to uncontrollable laughter — Scott Fitzgerald >
  < rowdy mountain brooks — American Guide Series: Connecticut >
 b. : of a disreputable character : raffish, vulgar
  < lackeys, housemaids and yokels of all sorts formed the most rowdy, but also the most enraptured, group in the … theater — W.S.Clark >
  < the comedy is often broad, even rowdy — Hollis Alpert >
2. Australia : lacking in docility : stubborn, unruly — used of livestock
II. noun
(-es)
: one that is boisterous or pugnacious
 < a favorite pastime of these … rowdies was to ride through the town at great speed while shooting with both hands — S.H.Holbrook >
 < the tough eggs, the rowdies in the crew — E.L.Burdick >
III. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
: to behave in a rowdy manner
 < there was a lot of gambling and rowdying — Bruce Siberts >
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